ITS Element: OTC Toll Administration

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Description: Toll administration offices for the electronic toll collection. Reconciliation center.
Status: Planned
Stakeholder: Ohio Turnpike Commission (OTC)
Mapping: Toll Administration
Other Toll Administration

Interfaces:

Financial Institutions
Fleet and Freight Management
Ohio State Highway Patrol District 10
OTC Toll Collection Equipment
OTC Website
Market Packages: ATMS10 - Electronic Toll Collection - Ohio Turnpike Commission
Functional Requirements:

Toll Administration

  • The center shall manage toll transactions, including maintaining a log of all transactions and toll pricing structure information.
  • The center shall dynamically price tolls based on current traffic condition information.
  • For electronic toll payments requiring financial payment, the center shall process the financial information from toll plazas and manage an interface to a Financial Institution.
  • The center shall manage a local billing database for toll customers.
  • The center shall manage the details of toll payment violations based on vehicle information from the toll plaza, registration information from the Department of Motor Vehicles, invalid payment information from a Financial Institution, and previous violation information stored locally, and report such violations to appropriate law enforcement agencies.
  • The center shall calculate traffic flow based on timestamped toll transactions for vehicle travel between successive toll plazas and send to other agencies.
  • The center shall respond to changes in toll prices from the Toll Administrator.
  • The center shall exchange data with other toll agencies to coordinate toll transactions and pricing.
  • The center shall support requests for advanced toll payment and provide this information to its toll plazas.
  • The center shall support wide-area alerts from emergency centers by passing on the information to its toll plazas and the Toll Administrator.
  • The center shall support toll transactions by commercial fleet operators.

Last updated: 01-30-14